Private
James Grant
Military Details
Service Number: 11215
Regiment & Unit / Ship
6th Border Regiment
Enlisted
12 September 1914
Awards and Medals
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
12 September 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
39 Birks Road . Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
6th
Service Number at Enlistment
11215
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1890
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
39 Birks Road . Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Cleator Moor
Parents
Owen & Late Ann Grant
Siblings
Patrick Grant
Family Connection
Brother Patrick Grant
Education and Occupation
School
St Patricks
Occupation
Iron Ore Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
27th September 1916
Age at Death
27
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Ancre
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
6th
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave Position: IV. E. 37.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church WW1 Memorial
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